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Green revolution: Indian agricultural experience – a paradigm for Eritrea
Rena, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
Food problem became more severe after the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, presenting a series challenges to … India’s agricultural sector. Even during good harvest years, food imports remain high. A large segment of people were poor …. To mitigate these problems, India adopted farming strategies under the “Green Revolution” in the mid 1960s. The …
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SOCIAL SECURITY FOR UNORGANISED WORKERS IN INDIA
Dhas, Albert Christopher; Helen, Mary Jacqueline - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
years in India. It is argued that India had a long tradition of informal social security and social assistance system … calls for a Comprehensive, Universal and Integrated Social Security System for the unorganised workers in India. …
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Conundrums in public distribution system in India: an assessment by states and social groups
Goli, Srinivas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
provides number of critical insights on conundrums in public distribution system in India by maximum Indian states and social …
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Challenges for Food Security in Eritrea -- A Descriptive and Qualitative Analysis
Rena, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
Food security is about ensuring that all people at all times have both physical and economic access to the basic food they need. In a number of African countries chronic malnutrition and transitory food insecurity are pervasive. Like most African countries, Eritrea is also a victim of the...
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FOOD SECURITY AND PDS IN TRIPURA: A POLICY INTERVENTION
De, Utpal Kumar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000
states of India with respect to the development of human capital, agriculture and industry. Food security is one of the basic …
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The Challenge of Food Security and Mediterranean Diet in the Euro-Mediterranean Area
Venditto, Bruno; Caruso, Immacolata; Noviello, Valentina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The Mediterranean Diet (MD) derived from the Greek word “díaita” according to nutritionists is a “traditional diet” which is adapted to all people living in countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea whose ancestors moved to the “cultivated food”. In recent years the MD has received...
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Dietary quality and tree cover in Africa
Ickowitz, Amy; Powell, Bronwen; Salim, Mohammad; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The relationship between forests and human nutrition is not yet well understood. A better understanding of this relationship is vital at a time when the majority of new land for agriculture is being cleared from forests. We use Demographic Health Survey food consumption data for over 93,000...
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The impacts of the global food and financial crises on household food security and economic well-being: evidence from Bangladesh
Sonia, Akter; Syed Abul, Basher - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper presents the first household-level study to examine the combined impacts of the global food and financial crises on household food security and economic well-being in a developing country. Using longitudinal survey data of 1,800 rural households from 12 districts of Bangladesh over...
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Assessing Farmer’s Willingness to Participate in the On-farm Conservation of Minor Millet using Direct Compensation Payment
Tenkasi Raghu, Prabhakaran; Das, Sukanya; S, Bala Ravi; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The farmers, predominantly the small and tribal,particularly in regions of rich agro-biodiversity immensely contribute to the on-farm conservation and enrichment of this diversity, often at personal cost. The past and present agricultural progress could not have happened without these genetic...
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Impacts of Policies on Poverty: The Definition of Poverty
Bellù, Lorenzo Giovanni; Liberati, Paolo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
This module illustrates how poverty can be defined in the context of policy impact analysis. After reporting and discussing the definition of poverty as “the lack of, or the inability to achieve, a socially acceptable standard of living”, it discusses the mono-dimensional and...
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